Maputo — Gunmen of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo in the southern province of Inhambane have declared that they will not hand over their weaponry, although they are obliged to do so under the agreement signed on 6 August between President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade.
Interviewed by the German agency DW Africa, Joao Machava, who claims the rank of colonel, said he commands 300 men at the Matokose base, in the Inhambane district of Funhalouro, and that they have "lots of weapons".
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